Chapter 65: Cooked
The iron crab on the stretcher wasn’t terminally ill as it could still move around.
“This is Mr. Zhang from Maple City’s Comrce Chamber,” the assistant introduced.
“We’ll be in your care, Appraiser Dong!” the middle-aged man in brocade robes said as he saluted Dong He.
Dong He got up and went over to his new client imdiately. “There’s no need to be so courteous, Mr. Zhang. I will do my best to help your pet beast.”
Dong He’s heart started pumping upon taking a closer look at the iron crab. There was a chilling air around it and the crab felt frozen to the touch. There was even a layer of ice on its shell.
This was a pretty rare case. At the very least, Dong He had yet to see one himself.
The cases he had co across thus far were trivial instances that were easy to take care of. This one seed relatively difficult.
However, it was obviously suffering from chills. To deal with such conditions, it was normal to feed the pet beast a warming dicine to gradually raise its body temperature. This was considered the safest, most conservative thod.
Yet, Dong He currently had this desire to ‘prove himself’ as he was lacking in experience. If he wanted to make himself known in the shortest ti possible, he had to do what others couldn’t.
Prior to this, it was impossible for him to co up with any other treatnt thods. But coincidentally, yesterday, Dong He learned from Han Dong how Lin Jin had treated a pet beast with this sa condition.
The pet beast Lin Jin had treated just happened to be an iron crab that was suffering from chills as well.
‘Even the Gods are helping !’
Dong He tried to recall the contents of the evaluation report he had seen back then. Lin Jin had used a rather novel technique that showed imdiate results. All that was needed was a stear and a large pot to help the iron crab get rid of its chills.
Moreover, the evaluation report sounded logical, supported by the theory of mingling fire with water, making it acceptable for the pet beast, attribute-wise.
Dong He still couldn’t figure out so of the contents.
But that wasn’t important right now.
What’s important was that after detailed observation, Dong He could tell that this iron crab was showing the exact sa symptoms as the one Lin Jin had treated yesterday.
Since this was the case, there was no reason why he shouldn’t use the sa shocking treatnt thod as Lin Jin used. If the effects are imdiate and if he managed to pull this procedure off, with a little publicity here and there, he would surely rise to fa.
At this exciting thought, the fats on Dong He’s cheeks trembled.
However, he wasn’t that much of an idiot. Dong He had to make sure that the iron crab was indeed suffering from chills and whether or not it was curable.
Hence, after a series of diagnoses, he managed to confirm his assumptions.
However, Dong He failed to notice a crystal clear bead inside the mouth of this iron crab. As he knocked on the crab’s shell and arranged to have a pot and fire ready, the bead fell out from the iron crab’s mouth.
When Mr. Zhang of the Comrce Chamber heard Dong He giving instructions to have a pot and fire ready, he was dumbstruck.
“Appraiser Dong, you...”
And here Dong He thought the man would never ask. With this, he could now carry out the theory he had plagiarized.
“Mr. Zhang, you don’t understand. Co, let educate you.” Thus, Dong He began narrating the theory he had heard with a fiery passion. “Your iron crab must have mistakenly consud extrely cold food. As crabs are of the water and yang attribute, you wouldn’t normally worry about this, but over-consumption would still pose so harm. You should be aware as well that chills can simply be dispersed by fire, or we can give it so yang-dissolving dicine but the effects would be too slow. However, since the iron crab belongs to a yang attribute, dispersing the chills with fire or letting it consu dicine mixed with yang-dissolving components would cause it harm instead. So to dissolve the chills without harming its attribute, I’ve decided to go with a novel thod which is to use a stear. Steam contains fire properties and they’re just right for dispersing the chills in this iron crab’s body. The effects are also imdiate so it won’t take long before your pet beast jumps back to life.”
Dong He supplented his speech with bombastic hand gestures, sputtering as he rambled on.
Not only Mr. Zhang, but even the jaw of his assistant dropped upon his explanation.’How deep and profound’, they thought.
Despite his skepticism, seeing how confident Dong He was, Mr. Zhang could only swallow his words.
“I’ll leave it to you then, Appraiser Dong. Once this is done, I’ll be sure to thank you nicely.”
“Great, wonderful!”
At that mont, several people worked together to move the struggling iron crab into the stear.
“Make the fire bigger and make sure it steams!”
Dong He was beaming with great confidence.
As the flas burned fiercely, steam soon erged from the pot.
At first, there were still noises when they covered the lid over, but now, it was dead quiet. The iron crab stopped struggling and made no other movents.
Dong He felt that sothing was off. Logically speaking, the iron crab should have kicked open the lid and jumped out by now.
However, he assud that it might just be too early to tell.
Han Dong told him that Lin Jin had stead the crab for fifteen minutes, and in his case, barely seven minutes had passed so it probably needed so more ti in the stear.
Everyone else was watching on with great curiosity. After all, they had never seen such an interesting treatnt thod before.
Another couple of minutes passed.
Still, there was no movent.
Dong He was beginning to panic, and more importantly, he could sll a fragrant scent.
This was a scent so familiar that he instantly recalled Symphony Restaurant where he constantly frequented.
Speaking of Symphony Restaurant, it had been a while since he went there. The re thought about dining there made Dong He hungry.
There was still no movent in the pot.
Large beads of cold sweat ford on Dong He’s forehead. He finally couldn’t contain himself and got soone to take the lid away. A strong fragrance of stead crab wafted out and made everyone’s mouth water. At the sa ti, however, all of them wore the sa horrified expression.
Especially Mr. Zhang from the Comrce Chamber. He was staring, wide-eyed at the bright red shell of his now cooked pet beast, his precious iron crab. Unable to catch his breath, he choked up before his eyes rolled backward. He was knocked out cold on the floor before they could realize what had happened.
Dong He was dumbfounded as well.
His assistant braced himself and took a look inside the pot before turning to Dong He. “Appraiser Dong, this crab is cooked.”
“Haha, Appraiser Dong, are you secretly eating sothing good? I can sll it from here, let have so too! You know you can’t hide from my senses,” said Zhang He as he ca in with a big smile on his face.
Zhang He was ecstatic today. Not only was Lin Jin’s consultation hall shut down in the morning, but the man was assigned to the ergency hall after lunch. How humiliating. Even Zhang He wouldn’t go to a place like the ergency hall, so what could be more embarrassing than a certified beast appraiser being assigned to such a place?
He heard that it was Dong He who sent Lin Jin to the ergency hall so Zhang He was here to butter up the man. However, he slled the strong fragrance of stead crab and thought that Dong He was having a al so he blurted that phrase out.
But he ended up throwing himself in front of the muzzle of a gun.
No matter how dumb he was, Dong He knew that he screwed up royally. He was already panicking so when Zhang He added fuel to his fire, Dong He finally found an outlet for his seething rage. He strode over and slapped Zhang He, bellowing, “Eat sh*t and die!”
“Why are you hitting ?” Zhang He was dizzy from the slap as Dong He had unleashed the full power of his bulky build. But Zhang He wasn’t going to be a pushover. As an apprentice affiliated with Chief Wang, how could he just let himself get hit? Zhang He fought back imdiately. However, being weaker than Dong He, he ended up being forced onto the ground and pumled instead.
Lin Jin naturally had no idea that this slapstick was happening. He was currently still imrsed in studying the ‘pulse-seeking technique’.
Although this needle technique sounded a lot like Master Asia’s ‘Sunflower Needle’, this technique was clearly much stronger. In terms of offense, just by using one needle, Lin Jin could render his opponent immobile.
As it was able to rescue pet beasts and harm humans, only an idiot wouldn’t study this newly received power.
Although Lin Jin really wanted to beco a wandering swordsman, he couldn’t help it since the museum didn’t offer lessons on mastering the sword.
After mastering part one of the pulse-seeking technique, the ‘Acute Needle’, Lin Jin opened his eyes.
It was getting dark outside, making him realize just how much ti had passed. The ergency hall was hectic as usual, but Lin Jin was surprised to see Zhao Ying, Lu Xiaoyun, and Han Dong mixed in the crowd.
Lin Jin imdiately understood the situation.
The trio never left him despite his bleak situation, and with this, Lin Jin realized that he had found the right people.
Lin Jin got up and stretched his stiff muscles before joining in the fray.
With Lin Jin here, no matter how busy the ergency hall got, everything was systematic. There was an order in chaos. Everyone took Lin Jin’s orders, and if they ca across a complicated case, with just one glance by Appraiser Lin, they would receive appropriate orders.
Everyone here was experienced and they understood, to reach this level of efficiency required a solid foundation. Hence, they were all convinced to work hard.
Just then, Lin Jin’s nose wiggled and he comnted, “Who’s cooking crab? The sll’s making my mouth water!”
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